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Read It and Weep, Crybabies

Tears of Men and Women Are Different; Why It Can Be Hard to Avoid Choking Up

WSJ's Katherine Rosman has the story of scientists learning more about how and why humans cry. Specifically, why men and women cry differently.

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Katherine Rosman

Updated May 4, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

You first feel your bottom lip tremble as your work is critiqued in a meeting. Or maybe it's a clenching of your jaw. Or perhaps there is no warning at all. One moment you're composed and the next … waterworks.

We can alter the shapes of our bodies, slow the signs of aging and learn to control our heart rates. Yet we're often powerless when it comes to crying.